Early childhood systems
Subtitle: transforming early learning
By: edited by Sharon Lynn Kagan, Kristie Kauerz
Publisher: Teachers College
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780807752968; 9780807752975
Subjects: States; Child care services; Early childhood education
Description: The authors offer different interpretations of the nature of early childhood systems, discuss the elements necessary to support their development, and examine how effectiveness can be assessed. With a combination of cutting-edge scholarship and practical examples of systems-building efforts taking place in the field, this book provides the foundation educators and policymakers need to take important steps toward developing more conceptually integrated approaches to early childhood care, education, and comprehensive services. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Context for early childhood systems; title: Part 2 : Essential subsystems; title: Part 3 : Transcendent system-building processes; title: Part 4 : Snapshots of system building in action; title: Part 5 : Looking toward the future : finding common ground on system building